The Manly Daily was an Australian community newspaper, covering the Northern Beaches region of Sydney.
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| Type | Community newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | News Corp Australia |
| Editor | Edward Lincoln |
| Founded | 28 July 1906 |
| Language | English |
| Website | Official website |
The paper is one of News Corp Australia's community newspapers in New South Wales. It was delivered free to homes and businesses on Wednesdays and Saturdays until April 2020. It had previously been printed five days a week. From May 2020 it became digital only.[1]
History
editThe paper was established on 28 July 1906 by Edward Lincoln with a two-page issue.
Only once in its history has the Manly Daily failed to appear: on 24 February 1966, when excessive humidity in the switchboard caused a breakdown in the electrical system. A double edition was published the following day.[2]
The newspaper was last printed at Manly on 4 August 1989 (the edition of 5 August). The paper was then printed at the Parramatta plant of its parent company, Cumberland Newspapers, now NewsLocal, a News Ltd subsidiary until 1 October 2004. It was printed at Rural Press, North Richmond, until an upgrade of the News Limited-owned Chullora Print Centre was completed in 2008.[3]
On 28 July 2006, the newspaper celebrated its 100th anniversary with a special edition that featured the founding of the newspaper along with events and stories that have made an impact on the peninsula, such as the 2000 Summer Olympics torch relay.
In December 2017, it was announced the newspaper would cease publishing five days a week and instead focus on Wednesday and Saturday editions from January 2018. More content would become online-only, with the use of a paywall.[4]
In April 2020, Newscorp announced the Manly Daily would suspend print publication as one of many newspapers affected by the coronavirus pandemic in Australia.[5]
Readership
editThe newspaper was distributed to about 90,000 homes and businesses with an estimated readership of about 156,000. It was distributed all over the Northern Beaches from the Spit Bridge and Seaforth to Palm Beach and the Hawkesbury River, as well as being available online.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "News Corp cuts: Will your local newspaper be affected?". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 28 May 2020.
- ^ Australian Newspaper History Group Newsletter July 2003, No 23.
- ^ "News announces Chullora plan upgrade, closes Parramatta | Australia". www.i-grafix.com. Archived from the original on 12 July 2011.
- ^ "Manly Daily becomes twice weekly newspaper with enhanced digital products". Mediaweek. Sydney. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
- ^ Meade, Amanda (1 April 2020). "News Corp to suspend print editions of 60 local newspapers as advertising revenue slumps". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 April 2020.